When this series began, I was underwhelmed. I wasn't particularly keen on the quality or the style.

The high point was the transformation of Inga, the ultra cute boy into this cunning demon that gets fed with people's truths, their confessions that hold the key of their souls. Especially if that truth is the confession of a crime.

The series picked up after episode 4 and it is scheduled to have 11 episodes, but what are the possibilities for that to change?

The two creators that go by the pseudonym Akira Himekawa are working on a new manga adaptation based on the Skyward Sword saga from the game.

The new manga will be published by Shogakukan.

It will most likely be licensed by Viz Media for the US, as they have published the 10 previous volumes of Himekawa's previous Zelda manga, including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, Four Swords, The Minish Cap, A Link to the Past, and Phantom Hourglass. Viz just re-packaged all 10 volumes in a box set last month.

The Twitch entertainment news site reported on Tuesday that Warner Brothers offered Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Batman Begins, Inception) the role of Colonel in the live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga. The site also reported that Warner and Gary Oldman, the previous actor approached for the role of Colonel, had been "unable to close the deal."

Mainichi Shimbun paper reported on Thursday that Gintama episode 232 was not re-aired after TV Tokyo was contacted by a representative due to alleged defamation. Before the Mainichi article, there were conflicting reports about whether a complaint was made.

The anime channel AT-X announced on November 11 that its showings of Gintama' episode 232 were cancelled at the request of its parent company, TV Tokyo. The episode had already aired on TV Tokyo on October 31, yet it is still available on Crunchyroll.

According to Mainichi, the episode had a defamatory depiction of a character associated with a specific individual or individuals, and TV Tokyo was contacted after the initial broadcast by a representative of the affected party. After confirming the content in the episode, TV Tokyo decided to cancel its re-airing on AT-X. Mainichi quoted TV Tokyo, "We have no problem with parodying a specific person, but we decided to cancel [the re-airing] since it defamed a person's character."

Gintama' supervisor Shinji Takamatsu emphasized last Friday that Advertising Council Japan, outspoken Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, and singer Tokiko Kato (Porco Rosso) did not complain or protest to TV Tokyo. He also noted that a representative of Renhō Murata, the current Minister for Government Revitalisation, said, "It is not true that we objected." He added that the decision on whether to release the episode on DVD has yet to be made.

Done by Studio DEEN, he new anime series will remake the Kyoto story arc of Nobuhiro Watsuki's original manga and the previous anime adaptation. In particular, it will depict the battle of Kenshin Himura and Makoto Shishio and it will be told from the point of view of the Oniwabanshū ninja Misao Makimachi.